# Robert Beck (actor)

Robert Beck is an English actor. Amongst many guest roles, he has had regular roles in several programmes such his time as Peter Harrison in Brookside (1991–1993); Dan Thatcher in The Upper Hand (1995); Gavin Ferris in Emmerdale (1999); as Bombardier Boyd Billington in Bombshell (2006) and as Terry Appleyard in Waterloo Road (2007). In 2008, he featured occasionally as criminal Jimmy Dockerson in Coronation Street. In 2021, he began appearing in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks as Fergus Collins. In 2023 he appeared as Damon Harris, AKA Harry, in ITV soap opera Emmerdale.

## Personal life

Beck married Coronation Street actress Jane Danson in 2005 and the couple have two sons.

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
| 1991–1993 | Brookside | Peter Harrison | | TV series |
| 1992 | Pressing Engagement | Nathan | Jon Weinbren | Short |
| 1995 | The Upper Hand | Dan Thatcher | Michael Owen Morris | TV series (9 episodes) |
| 1996 | Princess in Love | Adam Chatterton | David Greene | TV movie |
| 1996 | London Bridge | Dominic Roberts | David Skynner | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1996 | Cone Zone | Darth | Jo Johnson | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1997 | Thief Takers | Neil Jason | Keith Washington | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1997 | Dangerfield | Ted Vernon | Jo Johnson (2) | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1998 | The X-Files | Mate | Chris Carter | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1998 | The Bill | Simon Higgins | Tom Cotter | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1999 | The Harpist | Thug | Hansjörg Thurn | |
| 1999 | Emmerdale | Gavin Ferris | Several | TV series (29 episodes) |
| 2002 | Random Acts of Intimacy | Man in the Train | Clio Barnard | TV Short |
| 2003 | Doctors | Steve Scrivens | Darcia Martin | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2003 | The Bill | Joe Kincaid | Several | TV series (3 episodes) |
| 2004 | Murphy's Law | Guard | Ed Fraiman | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2006 | Judge John Deed | Gordon Rumsey | Adam Trotman | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2006 | Bombshell | Bombardier Boyd Billington | Jim Loach | TV series (7 episodes) |
| 2007 | Waterloo Road | Terry Appleyard | Mike Cocker | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2008–2009 | Coronation Street | Jimmy Dockerson | Several | TV series (9 episodes) |
| 2011 | Law & Order: UK | Josh Shelton | Julian Holmes | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2012 | The History of Chance | Chance | Max Blustin | Short |
| 2012 | Doctors | Sgt. Bob Chambers | Paul Gibson | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2013 | Hollyoaks | D.S. Parker | Craig Pickles | TV series (2 episodes) |
| 2015 | Sleeping Lions | Mark | David Barnes | Short |
| 2015 | Doctors | Steve Lidden | Tracey Larcombe | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2015 | Casualty | Lawrence Chester | Jo Johnson (3) | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2016 | Home Fires | Neil Lyons | Robert Quinn & John Hayes | TV series (2 episodes) |
| 2017 | The Yellow Birds | Captain Petty | Alexandre Moors | |
| 2017 | Habit | Grant | Simeon Halligan | |
| 2021 | Hollyoaks | Fergus Collins | Series regular | TV Series (72 episodes) |
| 2023 | The Bay | Len Reid | | |
| 2023–2024 | Emmerdale | Damon "Harry" Harris | | TV Series (22 episodes) |
| 2024– | Waterloo Road | Jamie Haines | | TV Series (2 episodes) |